{"id":8557,"date":"2021-04-16T18:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2021-04-16T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:15:04","slug":"city-of-cape-town-and-da-tried-to-hijack-our-walk-says-atlantic-seaboard-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/city-of-cape-town-and-da-tried-to-hijack-our-walk-says-atlantic-seaboard-group","title":{"rendered":"City of Cape Town and DA tried to hijack our walk, says Atlantic Seaboard group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The DA and its ward councillor Nicola Jowell have been accused of bullying tactics after they allegedly insisted that a community walking initiative, called the Yellow Bib Campaign, by the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl Action Group, be called a DA initiative or else risk losing support.<\/p>\n

The group said the councillor and the City influenced the Ratepayers\u2019 Association not to promote the initiative and refused to provide the members with law enforcement and yellow bibs, and the City\u2019s Social Development personnel did not arrive, despite their commitment in writing, putting participants\u2019 lives at risk.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl Action Group chairperson Paul Jacobson said this inefficiency by the two had put the community in extreme danger as they argued and engaged with aggressive car guards and the destitute en route on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncillor Jowell and the City have had two years to get their act together and organise a community walk or neighbourhood watch, but only because we initiated the Yellow Bib Campaign, for the community, by the community, they show no support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all came together and did our walks, but then the City insisted to stop it, or make it a DA initiative and hand it over to the councillor.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the elections are approaching they are rolling out everything to make themselves look good, while it is the community that initiated this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jacobson said the campaign was initiated 15 years ago when now Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith was the councillor for the area, and the community had now reintroduced it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe campaign brings together all the stakeholders like ratepayers, police, CPF, social development and others to engage with the vulnerable and destitute living on the street and offer them alternatives. It was a useful campaign 15 years ago because it was not there to harass or intimidate, but to act as a service provider,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jacobson said that not only had the City and the councillor not shown their support, they tried to scupper the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City recently tried to undermine the integrity of our community walk, by arranging their own walk on the sly, under a DA banner. For their efforts, they attracted only three people, this despite them playing their trump cards in JP Smith and Councillor Jowell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am fed up with the City spoiling initiatives if it does not fall under their DA banner. I have been doing community work for six years, and the biggest obstacle has always been administrators in governance,\u201d Jacobson said.<\/p>\n

Jowell denied the allegations and said there was no move by anybody to turn the campaign into a DA initiative, nor was there any attempt by her to shut it down, as alleged. She said she did not tell anybody to not support the initiative or to try to prevent it from happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Jacobson neither invited me to attend the walk on Wednesday, nor did he ask me to arrange any assistance or the attendance of any department. At no point were law enforcement, social development, the ratepayers, etc. ever told by me not to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, Mr Jacobson continues to state that I have said things or done things that I have not done or said at all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Smith said it was unfortunate that the organiser had opted to make such baseless comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City provides resources and assistance to accredited Neighbourhood Watch organisations. This grouping is welcome to become accredited as a Neighbourhood Watch, in order to access the support that is in place for such organisations. Furthermore, there is already an established Neighbourhood Watch in Sea Point,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

Cape Argus<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Cape Town – The DA and its ward councillor Nicola Jowell have been accused of bullying tactics after they allegedly insisted that a community walking initiative, called the Yellow Bib Campaign, by the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl Action Group, be called a DA initiative or else risk losing support. 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